In the following list, all spacings are according to Mel in SFG (chapter 18 of the original book) unless otherwise indicated (Mel left a few out!)
| Basil | 1/sqft |
| Beans: bush (French) | 9/sqft |
| Beans: pole (Runner) | 8/sqft |
| Beets | 16/sqft |
| Broccoli | 1/sqft |
| Cabbage | 1/sqft |
| Carrots | 16/sqft |
| Cauliflower | 1/sqft |
| Celery | 4/sqft (6″) |
| Chard(Swiss) | 4/sqft |
| Corn | 1/sqft |
| Cucumbers | 2/sqft in a row of 4 sqft (6″ apart along middle of sqft row) |
| Daffodils | 36/sqft |
| Eggplant | 1/sqft |
| Garlic | 4/sqft (6″) Some say 9/sqft (4″) |
| Leeks | 9/sqft (see special technique in 2/96 OG) |
| Lettuce | 4/sqft |
| Marjoram | 4/sqft (according to sqft reader Kevin M. Wilson) |
| Muskmelons | 1/sqft (grow in row of 4 squares, on trellis) |
| Okra | 1-2/sqft |
| Onions | 16/sqft |
| Oregano | 1/4sqft |
| Parsley | 4/sqft |
| Peas | 8/sqft |
| Peppers | 1/sqft |
| Potatoes | 1/sqft |
| Radishes | 16/sqft |
| Savory | 1/sqft |
| Scallions | 36/sqft (2″) |
| Spinach | 9/sqft |
| Squash | Summer: vine-type 3/4sqft (see special grid); bush-type 1/3sqft
Winter: 1/2sqft (see special grid) |
| Thyme | 4/sqft |
| Tomatoes | bush-type: 4/4sqft (see special grid); vine-type 1/sqft (in row of 4 on trellis) |
| Watermelon | bush-type 1/sqft; vine-type 1/2sqft – both kinds along trellis |
| Zucchini | 1/sqft |
